Things about your country that make you hang your head in shame.

[Lynx]

That most Swedes insist on keeping our stupid Swedish crown instead of changing to Euros.
And the fact that Swedes are the only ones who still take the Eurovision Song Contest seriously. xP

 

[Nicragomi]

people in america still think that native americans live in teepees...

such a sad thing...

 

[Witty-Name]

That most Swedes insist on keeping our stupid Swedish crown instead of changing to Euros.
And the fact that Swedes are the only ones who still take the Eurovision Song Contest seriously. xP

We're the same with currency. There are probably hundreds of economic arguements that can be made both for and against switching to the Euro, but all of that is meaningless in the face of some nationalistic rant on how the Pound is some sort of sacred symbol of what it is to be English. This does of course ignore the fact that our proud and ancient currency was already completely overhauled in the 70s when we switched to the decimal system.

As for Eurovision we certainly don't take it seriously. However every year there's noises about us trying not to do so badly, and maybe even win it for once. To be honest I'm not sure why we, having spawned The Beatles and so many other timeless artists, feel we have anything to prove in a pop song contest. It's also worth mentioning that probably the only reason we're in the final each year is because of the ammount of money the BBC contributes to the contest.

 

[Super_Gnome]

england

chavs

'nuff said

 

[SnowCold]

Everyone here hates it, but whine the people from other contrys hate us too.

 

[inflamessoilwork]

Well since I'm American idk where to start.
Uhm.
Dumb "Gangsters" who have no self respect, education or respect for women.
Our politicians that stick it to not only it's tax payers, but everyone else in the world too. I think being an evil greedy fuck is something they do for giggles.
The fact that most people here are retarded, and that our school system is just pathetic.
Also the fact that more than half of the American population would rather vote for someone of their religion than someone who would make a good president.
[Elected Bush TWICE!? And them Obama, just because he said change over 9000 times.]
Oh yeah, plus most politicians are avid Christians.
[Would you want a senator who believes in talking animals?]
OH YEAH!
Plus our health care is so bad that sick people die all the time. Cool system where people that need help are left to die and yet rich people get full service when they're perfectly fine.
AND crime ratings are unbearable, and the economy is so shitty that it's hard to pay for groceries and gas. =D

But dude, other than that, this country is fucking awesome!
=D!

Don't forget our obesity epidemic! =D

Actually that's a terrible misconception. I only know about 3 fat people. I myself am 19 and don't even weigh 120 pounds, and none of my friends are obese either.
I'd say America is pretty average on fat people. Unless they have all gathered in some state I've never been to, in which case I am wrong.

What part of the U.S. is that in? I live in a rural part of California, which happens to sadly be around 80% overweight. How do I know this? Because I work at the only grocery store within 40 miles so I see just about everyone in the small town, despite it being populated over 10k.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

That people are this stupid

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/542022/americans_are_not_stupid_with_subtitles/

 

[Kollega]

Kazakhstan. So basically everything.

/thread.

 

[chronobreak]

I don't like that there are people here who literally hate America, and refuse to recognize one good thing we have done around the world. They burn flags, they piss them out, it's crazy. They don't want a debate, they just want to be angry.

 

[Kiereek]

1933-1945


The most current thing though is the ridiculous stand some politicans take when it comes to games (especially FPS)

i'm going to guess you're German then.

OP: Canada, and the Internment Camps we set up to keep all Asians, not just the Japanese, during WWII, plus our own version of Krystall Nacht (excuse spelling) we had before WWII. Oh, and we took a lot of the Natives' land, and shot Louie Riel (two separate things). And I guess we elected Stephen Harper as PM...and in BC Gordon Cambell. Those where bad decisions, but hey, I didn't vote for them.

 

[fessferenc]

ah, my home and native land, Canada will sign any treaty or agreement you want, but there isnt a hope in hell of us sticking to it

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Ahh Hungary...
Politicians are as nice as the Emperor. Also they kiss anyone's arse who pays them.
There is no money.
We owe an infinite amount of money to different countries. I mean infinite literally.
Us Hungarians are (usually) either dumb fucks or intelligent but miserable bastards.

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

our school system is made entirely to push Retard Ronald out with a 4.0 A average so he feels good about himself while reasonably intelligent people scrape passed with D's because they're sick of doing the same damn worksheet day after day year after year.

I'm also sick of protecting our "precious little snow flakes." I think they need a swift kick in the ass.

Ok, if you're reasonably intelligent then it is perfectly possible to get good marks, if you slack off then fuck you you don't deserve good marks.

And a swift kick in the ass for what? You just seem like you hate kids.

OT: I think it's a depressing view of our site that a thread about what you're ashamed about has seven pages.

 

[jamesworkshop]

That this guy still lives here

 

[General Ken8]

America
One third of us are obese

 

[Aqualung]

Celine Dion. :[

 

[RanD00M]

The Fact that the goverment is making the people of the nation pay off the debts of PRIVATELY OWNED BANKS.Why do i have to pay taxes to the goverment who then pay it to the goverments of England and the Netherlands,when private banks whom i wasnt a customer of fucked everything over.

Iceland.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Our government...

Or even better, the days we didn't even have a government!
Christ...

Ours isn't an evil government like so many other countries have.
But they're just so stupid!
And they're freakin' pussies to boot...

Also, the fact that maybe one day, our country will get split up...
I mean come on! We're such a small country already, and you want to divide it?!
Sheesh, why doesn't the government do something about that?
...
Oh, right...

 

[Doclector]

I live in britain, so...

The government, the strict social enforcement of comformity, a lack of justice, the banks, overpopulation, the sickening press, the fact that many utterly brilliant modern brit horrors get overlooked but give people yet another depressing "gritty" drama set on a council estate or another damn "sweet" rom-com and they think it's the best film to come out of england EVAR, and the fact that if you want to go to any film/gaming conventions, you have to travel to the rear end of humanity that is London (before anyone flames me, i used to live there. never again).

I could go on.